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Tucked away on a quiet, tree-lined street near Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square is one of the city’s best kept secrets: the Rosenbach Museum and Library. From the outside, the museum looks like any number of immaculately kept historic homes in the area. However, what’s inside rivals…

It’s likely that you use money every day. You carry it around in your pocket or purse. You use it to buy things that you need and things that you want. However, have you ever given much thought to where it comes from, or how…

If you’re driving along I-80 in western Pennsylvania, you’ll quickly realize that there isn’t much between State College and the Pennsylvania/Ohio border. That’s not to say that there isn’t anything to do, but there just aren’t many cities or places to stop for a few…

When you hear the term “State Museum” there’s a good chance that your mind instantly goes to a 1980s Communist country. You might imagine the outside of the the building being a large concrete monstrosity; the inside filled with propaganda designed to tell the “official”…

The small borough of Gettysburg is frequently on lists of “must-see” attractions in America and for good reason. Site of one of the largest and most important battles of the Civil War, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, draws many visitors each year who come to learn about this…

Every February 2nd, one of the America’s strangest traditions occurs as Punxsutawney Phil is pulled out of his temporary burrow at Gobbler’s Knob to predict the weather. Upwards of 25,000 people brave the cold of an early February morning to catch a glimpse of this…

If I’m being perfectly honest, I really do not like winter. My main issue with winter is that the cold weather makes it hard to get outside and be active. So, when I had the opportunity to try some snowshoeing in Clearfield County, I was…

Despite only spending a few days of his life in Gettysburg, I doubt that there is any president more synonymous with the town than Abraham Lincoln (even though President Dwight Eisenhower lived in the town for many years). Because of the historical importance of his visit, there…

There are a lot of words that you could use to describe what it’s like to visit Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. But, the word that I would pick is “electric”. What makes the weather forecastings of an overgrown rodent so exciting is anyone’s guess….

It’s not very often that I get nervous walking into a restaurant. However, I wasn’t just walking into any restaurant; I was walking into Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, home to some ridiculously giant food challenges. That’s right, Denny’s is home of the…